The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-11-26
A STATE WHERE LAW IS
 ENFORCED.


 years of slow development, throws aside it's ancient ways and takes up the progressive methods of to-day, holds many more advantages as place of residence and sure investment than can be offered by new territory. The old state is not subjected to the feverish fluctuations which make an investment so uncertain in new coun- try, nor is it peopled by that adven- turous class which, in a newly-settled community, renders fine state of so- ciety impossible. The state of Arkan- saw, with it's old and settled society and with its new vigor, is now at- tracting the attention of the entire country. The immigrant discovers that instead of wild country where whole lifetime must be spent before a condition of civilization is reached, that Arkansaw has the best public school system in the south-a system which has been held up in compli ment by noted New England edu- cator-that the state's criminal laws are enforced with promptness which has challenged the admiration of law abiding people everywhere. He finds patriotism and progress, courtesy and kindness. He is welcomed, and instead of feeling that he has come among strangers, he knows that he has cast his lot among friends. It makes no difference what his politics may be. Let him say that "I have come to live with you," and the honest hand of friendship will grasp him. We shall not go into the details of climate and soil, of the many beautiful rivers, the graceful hills, the valleys where, in summer, the dark green leaves rustic in their heavy richness, nor of the rugged bluffs which, modest in their beauty, have yelled their faces with a lace work of vines. We shall con- fine this article to features which are not set forth by the graphic pen of the catalogue maker.
 Several months ago, the editor of the North American Revtetc-the highest type of the expression of ad- vanced thought in America-wrote to Governor s. r. Hughes, requesting him, that in view of Arkansaw's won- derful advancer ent, to write an arti- cle on the states progress. This was high compliment to the state. Noted English statesmen, have with pride, accepted invitations from the Recteao and have written of their government and it's institutions. MT. Gladstone himself is con- tributor, and it is fortunate for Arkansaw that she has, as chief executive, gentleman of educa- tion and ability rather than a mere politician. The governors inability to perform such task would have re- fected discredit upon the intelligence of the state, but happily, in every way equal to the occasion, he wrote an art. icle so full of truth, so replete with facts resting upon the solid founda- tion of statistics, that the country stood in amazed contemplation of Arkan. saws wonderful growth, growth not mushroom in its nature, but solid as wall of stone.
 If we were called upon for an opin. ion relative to the principal cause o this advancement, we would unhesi. tatingly reply "the press.H The pres does not make the soil richer, tho streams more beautiful, nor creat. more advantages, but proclaims the fact. Gold, buried under rock, doel not increase country's wealth; but discovered, swells the riches of tho state. The orator and the preacher take no small part in the work of ad- vancement, but the orator is usually political and the preacher is bound by the rigid lines of his creed but thu press, broader and more fearless, aims a the expression of the sentiment of tn, entire people. No state in the soutl has an abler press than the press o Arkansaw. Nothing from an Arkan